Daily Updates on COVID-19 Pandemic - State of Illinois

May 7, 2020

The Illinois Department of Health is providing daily COVID-19 updates at http://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19. It contains information about the number of new cases, testing results and locations, and general information to help us manage under stay-at-home orders as well as public health approach to safely reopen our state.

Polish military medical team joins Illinois' virus response

April 24, 2020

Nine members of the Polish military’s Medical Corps are in Chicago for 10 days to support the state’s response to COVID-19. Read more HERE.

Important Update - Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Polish American Association is committed to ensuring the health and safety of its clients, students and staff as we work to maintain the CDC and WHO guidelines on limiting individual exposure to COVID-19, and containing its spread further into the community. We will begin instituting new protocols to ensure that our most vulnerable clients are not forgotten during this required necessary period of distancing. The pandemic may be with us for months; we need your help now. For most recent updates please visit: polish.org/coronavirus

Your donations will provide food and access to health care. It will cover unanticipated costs for those who lose their low-wage jobs. Now, more than ever, we are called upon to help those who for whom this pandemic will be catastrophic. Your gift has never been more important. Please give generously today.

Donate in memory of Mike Lesniewski

Mike Lesiniewski, a much loved and valued Polish American, recently passed. To honor his memory and continue to help others, his family has chosen the Polish American Association as one of the organizations worthy of receiving memorial donations in his name. Mike was deeply proud of his Polish Heritage and we are honored to be a beneficiary of his dedication and compassion.

SONJI JONES - PAA INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

On Friday, November 15, 2019, the Polish American Association Board of Directors announced that Sonji Jones, the PAA Human Resources Director, has been appointed as our Interim Executive Director. It is with the Board's unanimous vote of confidence that we will work together to during this period of transition and into an exciting time under the new Strategic Plan. Please join us in congratulating Sonji as we move into the PAA’s next chapter.​